The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD is an updated version of the classic action-adventure game set in the Legend of Zelda series. Players join Link on his quest to save childhood friend, Zelda, from her destiny as they soar between floating islands and venture into treacherous surface worlds. The game offers realistic swordplay that matches players' movements with intuitive motion controls and a newly added button-only control scheme for playing in handheld mode or on Nintendo Switch Lite systems. With increased processing power and HD graphics, movement feels smoother and more immediate than ever before.